Everyone's heard of a Christmas baby or a New Year's baby, but Austin and Anthony Munoz-Olmeda likely will have a distinction all their own: the Milford Memories twins.

The fraternal twin brothers were born Saturday after their mother was swept from Central Park in dramatic fashion – on a golf cart – by enthusiastic "Level 5" Milford Memories volunteers Chris Baker and Rick Kirchner.

Baker currently serves as president of the Huron Valley Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors Milford Memories, while Kirchner is past president.

"It was so funny," said Ashley Munoz-Olmeda, a Highland resident who gave birth via C-section at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac just hours after leaving the festival. "My water was already broken, so I was trying not to laugh too hard, but (Baker and Kirchner) had this bullhorn with a police siren and they were trying to get the crowd – and there were thousands of people down there – to let us through."

The plan

Munoz-Olmeda, a 2004 Milford High School graduate, had a simple plan for Saturday. Anticipating a scheduled C-section on Wednesday, she wanted to grab some barbecue and watch her friend Audrey Ray perform at Milford Memories.

She and another friend parked on the south end of town and Munoz-Olmeda's mother – Debbie Shew, a longtime Milford Memories volunteer who was working the beer tent Saturday – picked her very pregnant daughter up on a golf cart.

"Milford Memories has always been a really big thing for my mom," said Munoz-Olmeda. "When I told her my due date she said 'You better not have those babies during Milford Memories. Don't you mess up my weekend.'"

The comment was made in jest, of course, but that's exactly what happened.

As she stood in line anticipating a pulled pork sandwich from Red Wood Grill, a barbecue vendor set up in Central Park, Munoz-Olmeda felt her water break.

Baker and Kirchner happened to pull up on the golf cart as she told her mom what happened.

"I was really bummed to miss out on the barbecue," Munoz-Olmeda said. "I really wanted that sandwich."

'Level 5 status'

Just an hour before, Kirchner noticed Milford Memories no longer had baby changing stations, as it had in the past. He also noticed quite a few pregnant moms walking around the festival and jokingly told Baker baby delivery stations might be a good idea, too.

As they pulled up to the beer tent, Shew told them what had happened. Baker and Kirchner sprung into action.

"We call ourselves Level 5 status volunteers," Kirchner said with a laugh, explaining he and Baker have worked Milford Memories together on Saturday together for years and started out picking up mountains of trash generated by festival goers but eventually "worked their way up" the volunteer ranks.

"We drive around putting out whatever fires come up," he said. "This was one of our more unique assignments."

With her mother's blessing, Kirchner and Baker put Munoz-Olmeda and her friend on the back of the golf cart and began maneuvering through a wall of people with the help of the bullhorn they had on board.

"We were saying, 'Pregnant lady on board! Pregnant lady on board!'" Kirchner said. "People were somewhat moving, but I think some of them didn't believe us, Once we said 'Her water broke! We're serious!' it was like the parting of the Red Sea and we were able to get her out pretty quickly."

The duo delivered Munoz-Olmeda and her friend to their car and they were off to the hospital.

"Chris and I are having fun most of the time anyway," Kirchner said. "She was laughing the whole way, but we were kind of nervous, thinking maybe the babies were going to come a little early."

Everything worked out; Ashley Munoz-Olmeda and her husband Jose welcomed Austin into the world at 7:42 p.m., weighing in at 8 pounds, 1 ounce. Anthony arrived just a few minutes later at 6 pounds, 14 ounces.